During the 2017-2018 academic year, Leticia Robles-Moreno (Ph.D. '17) will be Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre & Dance at Muhlenberg College. Muhlenberg's Theatre & Dance Department aims to create an environment in which actors, dancers, and designers become thinkers and artists. The curriculum intertwines the artistic discipline and training of an intense studio program, and the intellectual rigor and scholarly breadth of a first-class liberal arts college. With its emphasis on exploration and collaboration, the Theatre Program at Muhlenberg offers extensive opportunities in musical theatre and dance, and encourages students to participate in the Department's award-winning productions.
Leticia will join the Theatre & Dance’s Performance Studies concentration offering classes on race theory, intersectional feminisms, memory and affect studies, and performance and politics in the Americas. The Performance Studies concentration investigates the human body engaged in symbolic action, using ideas from the performing arts, cultural anthropology, gender studies, oral history, and other related disciplines. Muhlenberg’s curriculum examines performing arts such as theatre, dance, performance art, and music, but also inquires into cultural performances like political protests, fashion shows, sporting events, and worship services. The concentration reveals how performances form community and shape identity with material consequences for performers and audience members alike.